Fiona Williams Paws for Thought Canine Trainer and Behaviourist

Fiona Williams Paws for Thought Canine Trainer and Behaviourist Canine Behaviourist & Trainer, 1-2-1 support within your home & at your convenience. Small friendly Puppy Classes held locally.

Fully insured - first aid trained, continuous professional development always ongoing. Voted Best Dog Trainer Flintshire 2024 Fully qualified gaining a Distinction at Foundation Degree Level allowing provisional membership into The Canine Behaviour & Training Society (TCBTS) affiliated to the Animal behaviour and Training Council (ABTC).

Back to Puppy classes tonight , week 1, with everyone making a great start on their training journey. Well done , see yo...
13/02/2025

Back to Puppy classes tonight , week 1, with everyone making a great start on their training journey. Well done , see you all next week 🐶

13/02/2025

Puppy Class is 7.30pm start tonight.

11/02/2025

Puppy Class starts on Thursday … don’t forget your paperwork . Looking forward to meeting you all. 🐾🐾🐾

09/02/2025

What better way to spend a Sunday morning - the first class UK Sniffer Dog Bronze starter course of 2025 …. & they were smashing !

Lovely to receive this photo of Woody, who gained his 1 & 2 Bronze Progression Grades last week showing excellence in a ...
08/02/2025

Lovely to receive this photo of Woody, who gained his 1 & 2 Bronze Progression Grades last week showing excellence in a strong freeze indication at a distance from his handler Sam from Dogz Squad https://www.facebook.com/share/1EfZjDxSJg/?mibextid=wwXIfr …… whilst there was plenty of distraction around him. Couldn’t be prouder.

Just a couple of pics from one of tonight’s Bronze Progression classes, lovely passive indications with distraction, dur...
08/02/2025

Just a couple of pics from one of tonight’s Bronze Progression classes, lovely passive indications with distraction, duration and distance from handler from these boys tonight!

07/02/2025
When you ask the Paws Spaniels what they thought of the session , Lucy clearly not impressed! 😂
07/02/2025

When you ask the Paws Spaniels what they thought of the session , Lucy clearly not impressed! 😂

Some environmental training today outside a well known butchers in Mold …. Lovely sit stay Isla
29/01/2025

Some environmental training today outside a well known butchers in Mold …. Lovely sit stay Isla

Thank you to UK Sniffer Dogs for this……..🐾 Why Do We Use a Red Kong in Scent Training? At UK Sniffer Dogs, we often use ...
28/01/2025

Thank you to UK Sniffer Dogs for this……..

🐾 Why Do We Use a Red Kong in Scent Training?

At UK Sniffer Dogs, we often use a Red Kong as the target scent for one very important reason: dogs can’t see the colour red! 👀 This means they rely entirely on their amazing sense of smell to locate it, which is exactly what we want to encourage in scent training.

🔍 Here’s why it’s such a great tool:
• Builds Nose-First Searching: By removing the visual element, dogs are naturally guided to use their most powerful sense—their nose!
• Readily Available: Let’s face it, who hasn’t got a Kong? It’s a common item in most dog-owning households, making it an accessible and practical tool for scent training.
• Low Residual Odour: Unlike oils or stronger scents, the Red Kong doesn’t leave behind too much residual odour. This makes it the perfect training scent, preventing contamination in the environment and ensuring clean, focused searches.
• Great Associations with Rewards: Many dogs already have a strong, positive history with a Red Kong, as owners often use them for mental stimulation by stuffing them with treats. This familiarity and positive association make dogs eager to search for it during scent training.

🌟 Starting with a Red Kong helps lay the foundation for confident, nose-driven searches, building skills that can be applied to any scent later on.

Ready to try it out? Grab a Red Kong, get your dog sniffing, and let the fun begin! 🐕

Silver Scent Courses - You MUST hold a UK Sniffer Dog Bronze Certificate to be eligible to book onto a Silver Scent Cour...
23/01/2025

Silver Scent Courses - You MUST hold a UK Sniffer Dog Bronze Certificate to be eligible to book onto a Silver Scent Course.

Silver introduces two new scents to your dogs scent library and a whole lot more fun!

PLACES ARE LIMITED IN EACH COURSE, GET IN TOUCH TO SECURE YOURS ....... PLACES GO FAST!!!! 07821 693457

15/01/2025
A small number of places available . Please feel free to share
06/01/2025

A small number of places available .
Please feel free to share

03/01/2025

Lovely training video here of little Ellie, currently on our UK Sniffer Dog Bronze Progression classes, here she is using the air currents to find the hide (a small piece of red Kong) and does an excellent job, with a lovely positive indication too…

Happy New Year we look forward to continuing to work with many and new faces ###
01/01/2025

Happy New Year we look forward to continuing to work with many and new faces ###

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What better way to spend a Sunday morning - the first class UK Sniffer Dog Bronze starter course of 2025 …. & they were smashing !

Lovely training video here of little Ellie, currently on our UK Sniffer Dog Bronze Progression classes, here she is using the air currents to find the hide (a small piece of red Kong) and does an excellent job, with a lovely positive indication too…

Lovely to receive just a few scent training videos, all of you are doing really well, cannot wait to start back in the New Year!!

Paws little Amber on a short exercise using a distraction (bowl of food ). In the drill notice there is no leave command she’s concentrating on what’s being asked and carrying it out . Once she’s finished and gets released (free time) she heads to the bowl so as a test a leave command is given and she immediately turns off it . Leaves are something we teach a lot of in our skills classes , an important command for lots of reasons

This is the lovely Woody, who I featured a few days ago learning to walk on lead appropriately … as an extension to this he is learning a positive whistle recall. … and smashing it!! As always please feel free to share

Fantastic training here from one of our skills team owners. Young Rex learning an emergency stop despite being distracted by his favourite toy…. The ultimate reward fur his hard work !

UK Sniffer Dog Progression Classes are well on their way and Woody here is demonstrating a lovely passive indication that is coming on well! Very well done carnt wait to see him in action later this week in class!

Thrilled to receive this video yesterday … this is a very young cocker spaniel who loves life to the max making a fantastic job of loose lead walking in her first snowy day ever! Just look at that eye contact!!! Well done!

Lovely to see one of our puppy class puppies out with another family dog (her Mum), look at the lovely positive whistle recall …. She even responded better than Mum!! Very well done ….

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A Little About Me & My Services

I am a qualified Canine Trainer & Behaviourist working in North Wales. I qualified from the British College of Canine Studies with a distinction in Advanced Level 4 Canine Behaviour, all BCCS courses are accredited & approved by Pet Education, Training & Behaviour Council. I hold a certificate in Dog Law, Canine First Aid and hold an enhanced DBS.

I have had dogs in my life for over 18 years, my first dog ‘Penny’ a black Labrador in many ways was my saviour, she ‘gave me her paw, when I needed a hand’ & so she is the inspiration behind ‘Paws for Thought & I Will Give You a Hand’

Over the years there has been several Springer Spaniels and a little Jack Russel who was in desperate need of re-homing; I have always expected a high level of obedience from our dogs, irrespective of which canine sports we undertook or indeed wherever we took them. Isla, is my young 2 year old Labrador and together we are learning the art of agility, she is full of energy & enthusiasm, with a high instinctual drive, guided with respect and her biddable nature to please.

The psychology of dogs has always fascinated me & so my journey to become a Behaviourist began.